Detail Below Deck

At my age you stop expecting much from a new gadget but this one earned its spot in the bathroom drawer. Battery does what they say it does, blades are gentle on the skin, no aftershave burn afterwards. The fact that it does the body too means I gave my old chest trimmer to my son.

Look I'm not the kind of guy who writes reviews. Used it twice and the difference compared to the old one is.

Bought it for the obvious reason then realised the body attachment actually works really well on the chest. Battery lasts forever. Pretty happy.

Had two cheap ones before this. Both broke. This one feels like it was actually engineered by someone who knows what they're doing. The shower thing is what sold me, you just rinse it and move on with your life.

Bought it three weeks before the wedding because the missus and I were heading to Mauritius and I wasn't pitching up to the beach looking like a 1970s soccer poster. Did the job properly. Took it on the plane with no issues thanks to the travel lock. Came back tan, came back trimmed, came back married, all things considered a solid investment.

Honestly didn't expect much going in. South African brands sometimes overpromise and you're left holding a R900 paperweight a month later. This one held up. Shower use is the move, way easier than trying to do it dry. Charged it once in about two months.

The travel lock is the underrated feature here. I fly between Joburg and Cape Town twice a week and the last thing you want is your bag buzzing at the security check. This thing stays off until you tell it to wake up. Battery comfortably handles the whole week without a charge. Clean trim, no fuss, no irritation.